Robot-assisted bladder diverticulum removal in a 10-year-old child

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bladder diverticulum are hernias of the bladder mucosa that prolapse through a detrusor defect. Diverticulectomy is the treatment of choice for this disease. Surgical methods to implement this principle include open, laparoscopic and robotic approaches. In the present study, we outline our own technique for performing robotic diverticulectomy and report its short-term results.

CLINICAL CASE DESCRIPTION: The study reports one case of bladder diverticulectomy performed with a robot-assisted technique in a 10-year-old boy. The diagnosis of the disease was established using voiding cystourethrography, cystoscopy and X-ray computed urography. The patient had robot-assisted bladder diverticulectomy using transperitoneal extravesical access. At the final stage of the study, short-term outcomes of the robot-assisted procedure were evaluated. The duration of the operation was 100 minutes. No intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed. The urinary catheter was removed the day after the operation. The duration of the patient's stay in the hospital was 7 days. Histological examination showed signs corresponding to a false diverticulum of the bladder with the presence of single muscle fibers in its structure. The ureteral stent was removed one month after the operation. After removal of the stent, control voiding cystography was performed, which demonstrated the absence of bladder contour deformation at the site of surgical procedure.

CONCLUSION: Robot-assisted bladder diverticulectomy is a technically feasible approach to the treatment of congenital bladder diverticulum.

Keywords

robot-assisted surgery / bladder diverticulum / children

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